[-] mapiki@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

F250 is super common for construction fleet vehicles.

[-] mapiki@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

I love your thoughts here. I hadn't ever thought of ways you can last minute engineer a way for the vehicle to keep the pedestrian from being crushed rather than thrown up

[-] mapiki@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

Penises are so weird. I'm glad no one can tell my level of arousal unless they are looking at my underwear or under it... Which by that point I probably am okay sharing that information.

Tangential note - had a fun conversation with my person the other day on how I'm used to the erect penis as "normal" and how it looks funnier when it's not whereas for him it's the opposite!

[-] mapiki@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

Maybe! I had my eyes closed so didn't see what was happening until I opened them. I kind of want to experiment more.

[-] mapiki@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

As a female bodied person - can I get an explanation?

[-] mapiki@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

A two party system was one of George Washington's fear. It breeds division while both sides occupy themselves making us emotional about how much the other side does wrong. Then they get more donations and more power. They don't care if they aren't effective because they know we won't ever go to the other side.

... There's a great Freakonomics episode on the duopoly formed by the Democratic and Republican parties and how they both benefit while stifling the competition from other parties that could provide more varied perspective.

My takeaway - support rank choices voting and elimination of closed primaries (which encourage extremism in candidates).

[-] mapiki@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

Remember to support systems/organizations working to make changes that allow for challengers from outside the main two parties to succeed. (Like ranked choice voting where not voting democratic doesn't mean giving power to Republican or vice versa!)

[-] mapiki@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

Thank you for the write up! It looks great!

[-] mapiki@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

So fun fact - the clothes were made to look like the proportions were wild and therefore historical corsets were not as crazy tight as we would assume.

[-] mapiki@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

Cars are not technically necessary. But we regulate them heavily - through licensing, safety tests, and policing. And your license can be pulled or suspended so that you cannot drive.

Why? Because they are deadly. Just because something isn't created to kill (say... To protect your family? To get you to your job?) doesn't mean it can't kill.

Sadly, we live in a country where freedom and rights are valued more than community and respect.

But as the welcome to nightvale NRA says: "Guns don't kill people. We're all invincible and it's a miracle." (Podcast.)

[-] mapiki@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Wait wait don't tell me taught me he was probably vegan.

[-] mapiki@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah no. That's my cousin Brieuc.

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